Call them elitist if you will, but panelists at a recent sustainable-food conference make a strong case for why food should cost more.

Hardwick’s economic future was dim, until a chain of events turned it into one of the most important food towns in America.

She made sustainable agriculture a rallying cry, but now the activist chef is under attack from food lovers.

The USDA has finally expanded its country-of-origin labeling rules on meat, but significant loopholes leave a large portion of foods exempt.

While other countries were banning milk contaminated with melamine, the U.S. FDA was allowing that very chemical into our food supply.

Gourmet Deputy Editor Jocelyn Zuckerman spoke with the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme about the global food crisis.

Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has shown that if she’s confirmed at a top FDA post, she’ll likely push for the interests of ordinary citizens—not Big Food....

The USDA finally defines “natural” foods, but with a huge oversight.

Washington has created a tangled web of subsidies that determines the way our food is grown. One South Dakota family demonstrates why you should care about the Farm Bill.

Americans eat almost 9 billion chickens a year, which requires megafarms and giant processing plants. Is there a better way for the birds to meet their end?